General Awareness Question Papers
08th August 2017 (Shift-1)
Question-26: Which one of the following is a component of Food Security System?
Options:
1) Buffer stock
2) Minimum support price
3) Fair price shops
4) Mid day meals
Correct Answer: Buffer stock
Question-27: What is the accepted average Calorie requirement for rural areas in India?
Options:
1) 2100
2) 2200
3) 2300
4) 2400
Correct Answer: 2400
Question-28: Whose recommendation is mandatory to impeach the President of India from his office before the completion of his/her term?
Options:
1) The Prime Minister
2) The Speaker of the Lok Sabha
3) The Chief Justice of India
4) The two houses of the parliament
Correct Answer: The two houses of the parliament
Question-29: How many types of writ are there in the Indian Constitution?
Options:
1) 5
2) 4
3) 3
4) 2
Correct Answer: 5
Question-30: Who has built the Vijay Stambha (Tower of Victory) in Chittorgarh?
Options:
1) Maharana Pratap
2) Rana Kumbha
3) Rana Sanga
4) Kunwar Durjan Singh
Correct Answer: Rana Kumbha
Question-31: Who raised the slogan “Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it”?
Options:
1) Mahatma Gandhi
2) Subhash Chandra Bose
3) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
4) Lala Lajpat Rai
Correct Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Question-32: Which Indian state is the largest in terms of the total area covered?
Options:
1) Maharashtra
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Rajasthan
4) Tamil Nadu
Correct Answer: Rajasthan
Question-33: Which Indian state has the longest Coastline?
Options:
1) Kerala
2) Gujarat
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Tamil Nadu
Correct Answer: Gujarat
Question-34: Auxiliary bud develops into which of the following part of the plant?
Options:
1) Fruit
2) Leaf
3) Branch
4) Roots
Correct Answer: Branch
Question-35: Xylem helps in transportation of which of the following?
Options:
1) Food
2) Water
3) Nutrients
4) Both food and water
Correct Answer: Water
Question-36: Who proposed five kingdom classification?
Options:
1) Ernst Mayr
2) R. H. Whittaker
3) M. W. Beijerinck
4) D. I. Ivanovsky
Correct Answer: R. H. Whittaker
Question-37: What is the other name of Galileo’s law of falling bodies?
Options:
1) Law of motion
2) Newton’s first law
3) Newton’s second law
4) Newton’s third law
Correct Answer: Newton’s first law
Question-38: Which of the following device is best suited for measuring the temperature inside metallurgical furnaces?
Options:
1) Pyrometer
2) Thermocouple
3) Thermometer
4) Thermistor
Correct Answer: Pyrometer
Question-39: What is the full form of ‘LAN’?
Options:
1) Line Area Network
2) Linear Area Network
3) Local Area Network
4) Land Area Network
Correct Answer: Local Area Network
Question-40: Which acid is released when an Ant bites?
Options:
1) Hydrochloric Acid
2) Formic Acid
3) Acetic Acid
4) Phosphoric Acid
Correct Answer: Formic Acid
Question-41: Which among the following is an example of solid sol?
Options:
1) Milk of magnesia
2) Foam
3) Coloured gemstones
4) Rubber
Correct Answer: Coloured gemstones
Question-42: Which metal is responsible for Itai-Itai disease?
Options:
1) Cadmium
2) Nickel
3) Chromium
4) Mercury
Correct Answer: Cadmium
Question-43: ‘Vikalp’ is a scheme launched by Indian Railways to help wait-listed passengers. Which of the following is NOT true about this scheme?
Options:
1) Confirmed berths in alternate trains.
2) No-extra charges will be taken from passengers.
3) Wait-listed passengers can avail opportunity of travelling in Rajdhani/Shatabdi/Special trains even when booking made is in other mail/express trains.
4) Vikalp scheme will be initially available for e-tickets only.
Correct Answer: Confirmed berths in alternate trains.
Question-44: Who discovered the Cholera causing germ?
Options:
1) Filippo Pacini
2) Robert Koch
3) M. Laveran
4) Felix Hoffman
Correct Answer: Filippo Pacini
Question-45:
Options:
1) 1-c, 2-b, 3-a
2) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c
3) 1-a, 2-c, 3-b
4) 1-c, 2-a, 3-b
Correct Answer: 1-c, 2-a, 3-b
Question-46: ‘Hunar Haat’ an exhibition to exhibit and promote the arts and artisans from minority community was launched at which of the following events?
Options:
1) Pushkar Fair, 2016
2) IITF, New Delhi, 2016
3) Suraj Kund Craft Mela, 2017
4) Kumbh Mela, 2015
Correct Answer: IITF, New Delhi, 2016
Question-47: Which movie won the award for the best movie at the Oscar Awards 2017?
Options:
1) La La Land
2) Arrival
3) Moonlight
4) Manchester by the Sea
Correct Answer: Moonlight
Question-48: Who is the author of the book titled ‘Citizen and Society’?
Options:
1) Pranab Mukherjee
2) Hamid Ansari
3) Nandan Nilekani
4) Satyajit Ray
Correct Answer: Hamid Ansari
Question-49: With which country India has recently signed a MoU for Water Conservation in India?
Options:
1) France
2) Germany
3) Israel
4) Bangladesh
Correct Answer: Israel
Question-50: Which among the following neighbouring country of India is the largest producer of Opium in the World?
Options:
1) Pakistan
2) Afghanistan
3) Sri Lanka
4) Maldives
Correct Answer: Afghanistan